Working in Jamie's kitchen
Subtitle: salvation, passion and young workers
By: Peter Kelly and Lyn Harrisson.
Contributors: Harrisson, Lyn, 1953-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230515543
Subjects: Jamie's kitchen (Television program); Jamie's kitchen Australia (Television program); Youth -- Employment; Youth with social disabilities -- Employment; Identity (Psychology) in youth; Work ethic
Description: "In the UK in 2002, the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver set out to transform a group of unemployed young Londoners into enterprising, passionate workers. Their struggles, and those that train and manage them, to develop a passionate orientation to work, highlight many of the challenges we all face in the globalized labour markets of the 21st century"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction * Youth Transitions in a Glkobalised Risk Society * Focault and an Ethic of Enterprise * The Naked Chef: The Costs and Benefits of the Entrepreneurial Self * Fifteen Stories: The Master's Apprentices * 'Because she's Pretty?' Gender Relations and Young workers * Passion: The Vital Ingrdiant in Education and Training for Young Workers? * Don't be a smart arse: Individualization and the Ethic of Enterprise * Conclusion Introduction * Youth Transitions in a Glkobalised Risk Society * Focault and an Ethic of Enterprise * The Naked Chef: The Costs and Benefits of the Entrepreneurial Self * Fifteen Stories: The Master's Apprentices * 'Because she's Pretty?' Gender Relations and Young workers * Passion: The Vital Ingrdiant in Education and Training for Young Workers? * Don't be a smart arse: Individualization and the Ethic of Enterprise * Conclusion.